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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Shingai, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1279 (2013.01); H04N 1/00493 (2013.01); H04N 1/00496 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); H04N 2201/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operation panel unit is used for an image forming apparatus. The operation panel unit is configured to input various control instructions to the image forming apparatus. The operation panel unit includes a display portion, an NFC reading portion, and a USB port. The NFC reading portion and the USB port are disposed on different surfaces of the display portion.